Viburnum opulus

Summary

Viburnum opulus is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,100 views/month, #1,068 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Taxon rank: species^[3]
• Parent taxon: Viburnum^[4]
• Taxon name: Viburnum opulus^[5]
• Has use: medicinal plant^[6]
• Commons category: Viburnum opulus^[7]
• Topic's main category: Category:Viburnum opulus^[8]
• Commons gallery: Viburnum opulus^[9]
• Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 72^[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[12], New International Encyclopedia^[13]
• GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=409945^[14]
• Short name: V. opulus^[15]
• Taxon common name: Gewöhnlicher Schneeball^[16], Guelder-rose^[17], رباطية درهمية الأزهار^[18], Adi başınağacı^[19], Каліна звычайная^[20], Червена калина^[21], Aliguer^[22], kalina obecná^[23], Gwifwrnwydd y gors^[24], Almindelig Kvalkved^[25], Kvalkved^[26], Ulvsrøn^[27], Gemeiner Schneeball^[28], Opulo^[29]

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Identifiers

Viburnum opulus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 85293^[30]. Viburnum opulus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 488690^[31]. Viburnum opulus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2888605^[32]. Viburnum opulus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35270^[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Viburnum opulus include Oh the red viburnum in the meadow^[34], a patriotic song^[35], in Ukraine^[36], written by Stepan Charnetsky^[37].

Why It Matters

Viburnum opulus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 128 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for it include Oh the red viburnum in the meadow^[34], a patriotic song^[35], in Ukraine^[36], written by Stepan Charnetsky^[37].